ST. MARY’S SCHOOL HOSTS ANNUAL PUMPKIN DROP

St. Mary’s Elementary School

618-532-3473

424 E. Broadway Ave. Centralia, IL

Saint Mary School | Pre-K through 8th Catholic school | 100 N Maple, Centralia IL 62801

St. Mary’s Elementary School held its annual Pumpkin Drop last week, with student-made crates being put to the test by hundred-plus feet drops courtesy of the Centralia Fire Department.

Students, teachers and parents gathered in the school playground where a fire truck hoisted the fortified boxes of each class one at a time, dropping them to the concrete below. If the box didn’t break, the class would have an opportunity for a higher drop, and therefore, a higher score.

At the end of the event, the boxes of the First, Third, Seventh and Eighth Grade classes survived the final drop.